It’s March already, which means May is just around the corner when #WyrdAndWonder will set sail to explore the delights of nautical fantasy. Will you join us?
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5.3.2025 11:28It’s March already, which means May is just around the corner when #WyrdAndWonder will set sail to explore the delights of nautical...February has been very work / life focused rather than bookish, but featured three excellent reads: The Quicksilver Court (Melissa Caruso), Planetfall (Emma Newman) and Light Perpetual (Francis Spufford).
http://onemore.org/2025/03/01/redux-february-2025/
1.3.2025 11:26February has been very work / life focused rather than bookish, but featured three excellent reads: The Quicksilver Court (Melissa Caruso),...Happy book birthday to THE UNKILLABLE PRINCESS by Taran Hunt - I loved this action-packed, feelings-first caper as the survivors of The Nameless try to outwit sleazy politicians and murderous spies without ruining their friendship 🚀💥❤️
http://onemore.org/2025/02/12/the-unkillable-princess/
12.2.2025 11:03Happy book birthday to THE UNKILLABLE PRINCESS by Taran Hunt - I loved this action-packed, feelings-first caper as the survivors of The...Yes, I’m running a week late with this prompt, but I’m not passing up a chance to talk about 2024 books I still need to get to #TopTenTuesday
http://onemore.org/2025/02/11/top-ten-tuesday-still-to-read-2024/
11.2.2025 11:11Yes, I’m running a week late with this prompt, but I’m not passing up a chance to talk about 2024 books I still need to get to...We’ve made it through January, folks! It’s been a tough month but an excellent reading month. I’m nurturing my reviewing habit to try and get back to spreading more love more often this year - we all need it.
Read of the month: The Unkillable Princess by Taran Hunt (out Feb 12) - a brilliant second instalment in a series you should definitely jump aboard
http://onemore.org/2025/02/01/redux-jan-2025/
1.2.2025 10:48We’ve made it through January, folks! It’s been a tough month but an excellent reading month. I’m nurturing my reviewing habit to try...I’m taking advantage of #VintageSciFiMonth to review a book I reread last autumn: John Wyndham’s Trouble With Lichen
http://onemore.org/2025/01/30/trouble-with-lichen/
30.1.2025 10:36I’m taking advantage of #VintageSciFiMonth to review a book I reread last autumn: John Wyndham’s Trouble With...Forget the top tens today, I’m revisiting My Life In Books for 2024 #booktag
http://onemore.org/2025/01/28/my-life-in-books-2024-edition/
28.1.2025 11:09Forget the top tens today, I’m revisiting My Life In Books for 2024 #booktaghttp://onemore.org/2025/01/28/my-life-in-books-2024-edition/For #VintageSciFiMonth I read The Death of Grass, John Christopher’s bleak 50s apocalypse novel with very little faith in humanity.
http://onemore.org/2025/01/26/the-death-of-grass/
26.1.2025 10:55For #VintageSciFiMonth I read The Death of Grass, John Christopher’s bleak 50s apocalypse novel with very little faith in...New year, new resolutions, but first there was Christmas and then there was the sales. For #TopTenTuesday, I'm sharing my recent book hauls.
http://onemore.org/2025/01/21/top-ten-recently-hauled-3/
21.1.2025 11:07New year, new resolutions, but first there was Christmas and then there was the sales. For #TopTenTuesday, I'm sharing my recent book...As a tyrannical patriarch loses his grip on reality, his discounted daughter tries to protect her beloved fen from his fear and guilt. But did she drive him mad? I enjoyed Wakenhyrst, Michelle Paver's tale of faith, family and murder.
http://onemore.org/2025/01/16/wakenhyrst/
16.1.2025 12:39As a tyrannical patriarch loses his grip on reality, his discounted daughter tries to protect her beloved fen from his fear and guilt. But...Billed as a Gothic thriller based on the strange and awful Victorian fascination for poisonous wallpaper, The Company by JM Varese is a great excuse to go read up on the history of arsenic.
http://onemore.org/2025/01/11/the-company/
11.1.2025 10:49Billed as a Gothic thriller based on the strange and awful Victorian fascination for poisonous wallpaper, The Company by JM Varese is a...I love looking back at the past year's blogging and seeing what posts caught your attention, and which ones I wish more people had seen. So here it is: my 2024 best of the blog.
http://onemore.org/2025/01/09/2024-best-of-the-blog/
9.1.2025 11:06I love looking back at the past year's blogging and seeing what posts caught your attention, and which ones I wish more people had seen....This week's #TopTenTuesday is anticipated reads, and I'm twisting the meaning to focus on my winter TBR. This year of backlist / off the shelf reading promises to be excellent!
http://onemore.org/2025/01/07/top-ten-tuesday-winter-reads-2025/
7.1.2025 10:37This week's #TopTenTuesday is anticipated reads, and I'm twisting the meaning to focus on my winter TBR. This year of backlist / off...My new year's resolution is to write shorter reviews rather than procrastinate until I can't improve on my month-end wrap paragraph.
Diving straight in with two of my December reads: Affinity and A Haunting In the Arctic.
http://onemore.org/2025/01/05/victorian-drama/
5.1.2025 11:05My new year's resolution is to write shorter reviews rather than procrastinate until I can't improve on my month-end wrap...As we start a new year, I like to look back on the previous one. Frankly, there's lots of room for improvement, and that's on me - here's to doing all I can to make 2025 a better year.
http://onemore.org/2025/01/03/2024-vs-2025/
3.1.2025 10:57As we start a new year, I like to look back on the previous one. Frankly, there's lots of room for improvement, and that's on me -...Happy new year! Before I get stuck into a 2024 retrospective and 2025 plans, a quick round-up of December's reading.
Book of the month: The Bone Diver by Angie Spoto - a gorgeous selkie Gothic fantasy of family and finding yourself
http://onemore.org/2025/01/01/redux-festive-reads/
1.1.2025 11:09Happy new year! Before I get stuck into a 2024 retrospective and 2025 plans, a quick round-up of December's reading.Book of the month:...I'm calling it: my favourite reads of 2024, three of which are even 2024 releases (remarkably, given how few new releases I read).
Joint honours to We Are All Ghosts In The Forest and He Who Drowned The World for Read of the Year. Devastatingly good.
http://onemore.org/2024/12/31/top-ten-tuesday-best-of-2024/
31.12.2024 11:56I'm calling it: my favourite reads of 2024, three of which are even 2024 releases (remarkably, given how few new releases I read).Joint...My countdown accelerates to an early finish with disaster clerics, performing mermaids, bee witches, the undead and giants taking centre stage…
http://onemore.org/2024/12/29/countdown-to-2025-part-4/
29.12.2024 10:57My countdown accelerates to an early finish with disaster clerics, performing mermaids, bee witches, the undead and giants taking centre...Mood reading means reading challenges are a happy by product - I’ve made no effort to guide my reading this year - so let’s see where that left me… (close, but no cigars)
http://onemore.org/2024/12/27/challenged-2024/
27.12.2024 12:31Mood reading means reading challenges are a happy by product - I’ve made no effort to guide my reading this year - so let’s see where...It’s Christmas Eve, when we try to wrap everything up - work, travel, presents and of course blog posts. No? Just me? Time for the next set of prompts in Lynn’s annual Countdown…
http://onemore.org/2024/12/24/countdown-to-2025-part-3/
24.12.2024 10:39It’s Christmas Eve, when we try to wrap everything up - work, travel, presents and of course blog posts. No? Just me? Time for the next...